I think I'm gonna tell her to stock up on some water, gas, batteries just in case power lines go down. I think it would be silly for her to drive north since the highways are gonna be jammed.
Good idea - especially batteries for a portable radio & top of the gas tank cuz everyone & their dawg will be getting gas & prices are sure to go up, too.
The worse case would be the power going off due to high winds and/or tornadoes. Also, could be some heavy rains so the roads might be closed.
Due to hit the coastline around Saturday at 2 AM. So if it follows the computer models - it could brush near Austin later Saturday maybe early evening.
My Father lives west of Austin.
Also consider that motel/hotel space is for the most part naught for the Austin area, at least those ones that list on the internet. Sister and I spent hours on the net and phone yesterday looking for space as far north as Temple with no real luck. I finally called one of my daughters in Waco and asked her to get out her local phone book and she found us 4 rooms at a decent local motel and we immediately jumped on them. On the internet there showed to be no rooms left after about 2PM for 200+ miles north of Houston. So, people might want to keep that in mind as there are still rooms available that don't list on the net.